What is the distribution of number of chicks that survive

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Question: There are n eggs, each of which hatches a chick with probability p (independently). Each of these chicks survives with probability r, independently. What is the distribution of the number of chicks that hatch? What is the distribution of the number of chicks that survive? (Give the PMFs; also give the names of the distributions and their parameters, if applicable.)

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